So sorry to hear about your little Edith. It's never easy when we lose our precious animals.
This is a wonderful forum for support, advice and fun! I have benefitted greatly from the kind people here. Welcome x
Woke up at dawn to give my little friend a good feed, but found she'd died :-( with her only problem being the leg, I dont understand why this has happened :'( by the look of her, she not been dead long and her eyes are open. Breaks my heart knowing she didn't die in her sleep.
I didn't feed her...
The leg hangs limp, doesn't grip like the other one and I have to physically manoeuvre it underneath his body when he is put down, otherwise it's just hanging out the back. Can't weight bear at all, the other leg is strong, but not strong enough for him to stand.
He is fully feathered, looking...
Someone just came with a young bird with an injured leg. Im not sure what type of bird it is, but I know it's not newly hatched! It's other leg is strong, and he's trying to stand but it's poorly leg just isn't working. There are no visible signs of injury, but I was wondering what could I do to...
they have never been around their parents - they were given to a school as fertilised eggs, hatched there and ive had them for 2 weeks now. they are all still together in one space - i havent seen them being aggressive to eachother - i want to be able to work out their gender before it gets nasty!
know im very late to this post - this happened to one of my roos, and one of my girlies. Had no idea what to do so just kept them seperate and salt watered the wound regularly.
I hate it when this happens, I have three 3 week olds at the mo, i hope they are girls cos i hate the viciousness of...
My quails are now 4 weeks old, they came from quite a weak batch and ive been left with 3. Im not sure if they are hurting eachother, or simply growing their feathers; their feathers on their wings and underneath are very bare, much like the stalk parts of the feathers with no actual fluff on...
I think you did a wonderful job, I had one pass away after 2 days last week - he was helped out of the egg by someone I don't know, and therefore wasn't strong enough to survive. Buthe ate and drank and had such character, I wouldn't have changed it for the world. Good job for not giving up
this is Prewitt. Had him/her about a month now, found injured behind local store and was obviously young. No idea if boy or girl, he's very tame now so will probably be staying with me! Still squeals like a baby
Had to separate them as not improving - been bathing her eyes with salt water for 4 days, still no improvement. She's now walking around with both eyes closed, banging into things. I have no idea what else I can do :-(
Thank you. Unfortunately she's not even going for the treats im putting in, and the eye is looking worse. She keeps scratching it so it must be irritating her. I will have to try and catch her to bathe it
A little more worried after this morning- she's not eaten at all, usually they flock to their food but she's wandering round. She's also sneezing, which I've never seen the others do.
This is my current favorite family snap. Dad in the middle with me behind him on the left, my little sister behind me... My big sis on the right who is expecting her first child in 2 weeks, and my not so little bro behind her. Mum, of course, taking the photo :-)
After moving my girl into the lower section of the shed she hasn't been the same. She began banging her head on the roof which had me very concerned- I narrowed it down to the fact she was on the same level as the guinea pigs which had spooked her. Since covering the guinea cage she has stopped...